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Molecular Hydrogen: The postharvest use in fruits, vegetables and the floriculture industry (2022)
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Featured Application: It is proposed here that the use of molecular hydrogen should be considered more widely for the treatment of post-harvest fruits, vegetables and flowers. This can be applied as a gas, or in solution, and costs associated with it... Read More about Molecular Hydrogen: The postharvest use in fruits, vegetables and the floriculture industry.

The influence of molecular Hydrogen therapies in managing the symptoms of acute and chronic COVID-19 (2022)
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Coronavirus Infectious Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS CoV-2) that emerged as a novel pathogen of global concern in the latter stages of 2019. COVID-19 is a highly contagio... Read More about The influence of molecular Hydrogen therapies in managing the symptoms of acute and chronic COVID-19.

Chemical priming enhances plant tolerance to salt stress (2022)
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Salt stress severely limits the productivity of crop plants worldwide and its detrimental effects are aggravated by climate change. Due to a significant world population growth, agriculture has expanded to marginal and salinized regions, which usuall... Read More about Chemical priming enhances plant tolerance to salt stress.

Phytochrome B enhances seed germination tolerance to high temperature by reducing S-nitrosylation of HFR1 (2022)
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Light and ambient high temperature (HT) have opposite effects on seed germination. Light induces seed germination through activating the photoreceptor phytochrome B (phyB), resulting in the stabilization of the transcription factor HFR1, which in tur... Read More about Phytochrome B enhances seed germination tolerance to high temperature by reducing S-nitrosylation of HFR1.

Editorial for special issue: “Production and role of molecular hydrogen in plants” (2022)
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There seems little doubt that hydrogen gas (molecular hydrogen: H2) has significant effects on biological systems, including on plants. H2 can be administered as a gas, but more commonly is applied to plants as a solution which has been bubbled with... Read More about Editorial for special issue: “Production and role of molecular hydrogen in plants”.

Do SNPs in glutathione S-transferase-omega allow predictions of the susceptibility of vertebrates to SARS-CoV-2? (2022)
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Infection with the SARS-Cov-2 virus causes COVID-19 in humans, and is the cause of the pandemic around the world in 2020 and on. However, some animals have been found to be susceptible to the virus too. This has included the non-human primates, dogs,... Read More about Do SNPs in glutathione S-transferase-omega allow predictions of the susceptibility of vertebrates to SARS-CoV-2?.

A brief history of Oxygen: 250 years on (2022)
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Although there has been some controversy surrounding exactly when oxygen was first discov-ered, it is likely that that accolade should go to Carl Wilhelm Scheele, who isolated oxygen in 1772, or even a year earlier. Others since then have been given... Read More about A brief history of Oxygen: 250 years on.

Nitric oxide-releasing nanomaterials: From basic research to potential biotechnological applications in agriculture (2022)
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a multifunctional gaseous signal that modulates the growth, development and stress tolerance of higher plants. NO donors have been used to boost plant endogenous NO levels and to activate NO-related responses, but this strategy i... Read More about Nitric oxide-releasing nanomaterials: From basic research to potential biotechnological applications in agriculture.

Molecular hydrogen as medicine: An assessment of administration methods (2021)
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Since the late 18th century, molecular hydrogen (H2) has been shown to be well tolerated, firstly in animals, and then in humans. However, although research into the beneficial effects of molecular hydrogen in both plant and mammalian physiology is g... Read More about Molecular hydrogen as medicine: An assessment of administration methods.

Molecular hydrogen: Is this a viable new treatment for plants in the UK? (2021)
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Despite being trialed in other regions of the world, the use of molecular hydrogen (H2) for enhanced plant growth and postharvest storage of crops has yet to be widely accepted in the UK. The evidence continues to grow that treatment of plants and pl... Read More about Molecular hydrogen: Is this a viable new treatment for plants in the UK?.

Molecular hydrogen in agriculture (2021)
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Main conclusion: H2 gas, usually in the form of H2-saturated water, could play a useful role in improving many aspects of plant growth and productivity, including resistance to stress tolerance and improved post-harvest durability. Therefore, molecul... Read More about Molecular hydrogen in agriculture.

Oxygen is instrumental for biological signalling: An overview (2021)
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Control of cellular function is extremely complex, being reliant on a wide range of components. Several of these are small oxygen-based molecules. Although reactive compounds containing oxygen are usually harmful to cells when accumulated to relative... Read More about Oxygen is instrumental for biological signalling: An overview.

Oxygen: A new open access journal focused on the biology and chemistry of this essential molecule (2021)
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Molecular hydrogen: Redox reactions and possible biological interactions (2021)
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Molecular hydrogen (H2), either as a gas or as hydrogen-rich water (HRW), is suggested to be a useful treatment for a range of human diseases and also to improve agricultural output. It is often posited that H2 accomplishes its biological action, in... Read More about Molecular hydrogen: Redox reactions and possible biological interactions.

Oxy-hydrogen gas: The rationale behind its use as a novel and sustainable treatment for COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases (2021)
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Oxy-hydrogen gas (HHO) is a gaseous mixture of molecular hydrogen (H2) and molecular oxygen (O2) that is generated by the electrolysis of water and delivered in a 2:1 ratio (66% and 33%, respectively) through the use of non-invasive inhalation device... Read More about Oxy-hydrogen gas: The rationale behind its use as a novel and sustainable treatment for COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases.

Interacting proteins, polymorphisms and the susceptibility of animals to SARS-CoV-2 (2021)
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Abstract: COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, is a world-wide problem for the human population. It is known that some animal species, such as mink, can become infected and transmit the virus. However, the susceptibility of most animals is not known. Here... Read More about Interacting proteins, polymorphisms and the susceptibility of animals to SARS-CoV-2.

Leaf arginine spraying improves leaf gas exchange under water deficit and root antioxidant responses during the recovery period (2021)
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© 2021 Elsevier Masson SAS Arginine (Arg) metabolism is associated with many cellular and developmental processes in plants and proline, nitric oxide (NO) and polyamines (PAs) have a wide range of physiological functions in plants, including increase... Read More about Leaf arginine spraying improves leaf gas exchange under water deficit and root antioxidant responses during the recovery period.

Downstream signalling from molecular hydrogen (2021)
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Molecular hydrogen (H2) is now considered to be a part of the suite of small molecules which can control cellular activity. As such it has been suggested to be used in the therapy of diseases in humans but also to be used in plant science, to enhance... Read More about Downstream signalling from molecular hydrogen.

Nitric oxide signaling in plants (2020)
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Nitric oxide (NO) is an integral part of cell signaling mechanisms in animals and plants. In plants, its enzymatic generation is still controversial. Evidence points to nitrate reductase being important, but the presence of a nitric oxide synthase-li... Read More about Nitric oxide signaling in plants.

The effects of seed priming with sodium hydrosulphide on drought tolerance of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) in germination and early growth (2020)
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© 2020 Association of Applied Biologists Sunflower seeds (hybrid Luka) were primed with water (hydropriming) or sodium hydrosulphide (NaHS) solutions (0.1, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 mM NaHS) and subsequently dried to initial moisture content. Unprimed (contro... Read More about The effects of seed priming with sodium hydrosulphide on drought tolerance of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) in germination and early growth.